Zaida is one of Cuba’s most respected living female artists today. She is a painter, drawer, illustrator, engraver, mural painter and poet who gathers inspiration from her most profound desires for an equitable world in balance with Mother Nature. ​ Graduated from the Superior Institute of Art (ISA), Havana in 1987 and from the Fine Arts School in Paris, France in 1989, Zaida is a member of UNEAC and International Association of Plastic Artists (AIAP). Dancing figures, in which femininity is a principle element, navigate through dissimilar worlds and universes. The skill and grace of her brush take over her shapes, with a combination of spirituality and hedonism that become melded into one.  The portrayal of women, transformed into birds at one point of her creative activity, the world of Afro-Cuban religion Santeria, and the luxuriant tropical vegetation, all constitute distinctive motifs in paintings where the almost impressionistic brushstrokes are combined with sketches of strong or thin filigree-like brushstrokes. Her artwork can be found in the collections of National Museum of Fine Art, Havana, Cuba; Salón Internacional de Gráfica. Rome, Italy; National Museum of Fine Art, Cuenca, Ecuador; Guayasamín Foundation, Cuenca, Ecuador; UNESCO, Mexico, D.F.; Museo de la Cerámica, La Habana, Cuba; Museo de la Danza, Cuba; Museo Mapri, Pinar del Río, Cuba; Museo de Santa Clara, Villa Clara,Cuba; Casa de las Américas, La Habana, Cuba; Chateau Lormont, Bordeaux, France.